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Chromosome Test For Bladder Cancer Cells

Colorado rates for HCPCS 88120

A laboratory test on a sample from the urinary tract, which may be urine passed normally or a washing or brushing taken during a scope examination. Fluorescent markers are attached to specific parts of the chromosomes inside cells shed from the lining of the tract. The cells are then examined and measured under the microscope for the extra or missing chromosome material typical of bladder cancer, either to detect the disease or to watch for its return.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chromosome Test For Bladder Cancer Cells cost?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $631.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $355 to $955
$500$1Kprofessional $437

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$138.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 43rd of 51

$437

MN $1,230DE $372

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.